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inescapable

American  
[in-uh-skey-puh-buhl] / ˌɪn əˈskeɪ pə bəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable.

    inescapable responsibilities.
inescapable British  
/ ˌɪnɪˈskeɪpəbəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of being escaped or avoided

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Other Word Forms

  • inescapableness noun
  • inescapably adverb

Etymology

Origin of inescapable

First recorded in 1785–95; in- 3 + escapable ( def. )

Example Sentences

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That’s not only because judges are fining more lawyers for their laziness, but because the publicity about these embarrassments has been inescapable.

From Los Angeles Times

There was a rich businessman whose free-spending ad blitz made him inescapable on the airwaves.

From Los Angeles Times

If the situation remained the same in that time, "then I think that's inescapable", he said.

From BBC

Coffee is inescapable in Hanoi where it is consumed around the clock.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two other films have previously pulled off this double - 2010's Toy Story 3 with its song We Belong Together, and 2013's Frozen with its inescapable earworm Let It Go.

From BBC

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